diff --git a/1984/mullender/README.md b/1984/mullender/README.md
index 87e134a49..d2183e804 100644
--- a/1984/mullender/README.md
+++ b/1984/mullender/README.md
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ which is probably not as uncommon as you think :-).
 
 ./mullender.alt 100000
 
-./mullender.alt2 500
-\# wait for 500 microseconds and see what happens
+./mullender.alt2 500	# wait for 500 microseconds and see what happens
 ```
 
 What happens if you hit enter after it reaches the end of the line? Why? What
diff --git a/2018/ferguson/README.md b/2018/ferguson/README.md
index 0ebd767cf..801c43669 100644
--- a/2018/ferguson/README.md
+++ b/2018/ferguson/README.md
@@ -829,8 +829,8 @@ source file in that form. Why? Because anyone familiar with the Weasel program
 won't recognise the string and put together what it is by looking at the source
 code.
 
-In case you wondered deciphering #5 won't decipher #7 (neither will deciphering
-\#7 help you decipher #5).
+In case you wondered deciphering #5 won't decipher #7 (neither will
+deciphering #7 help you decipher #5).
 
 ### <a name="beauty">Beauty</a>